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  • S5 Ep30: Loremen S5Ep30 - Hunting the Werewolf on Cannock Chase

    S5 Ep30: Loremen S5Ep30 - Hunting the Werewolf on Cannock Chase
    May 2 2024
    Where wolves? James attempts to answer that question with a midnight excursion to Cannock Chase. This Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is home to a range of distinctly unnatural creatures. We're talking lycanthropes, black eyed children, numerous UFOs and at least one pigman.

    In fact, there are many reports of uncanny incidents in Cannock Chase, James went all the way to Staffordshire to investigate. Alas, our intrepid loreboy encountered a much more human phenomenon.

    SAUCINESS WARNING: This episode contains references to a grown up activity. One that takes place at night, in car parks. Pay and Display (without the pay) if you know what we mean...

    The Quantum Mechanics - Paranormal Podcast

    Rural Concerns

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    45 mins
  • S5 Ep29: Loremen S5Ep29 - The Japanese Tree With A Human Face with Uncanny Japan

    S5 Ep29: Loremen S5Ep29 - The Japanese Tree With A Human Face with Uncanny Japan
    Apr 25 2024
    Thersa Matsuura of Uncanny Japan joins the Loreboys for a tale with more human faces than you've had hot dinners with human faces*. We look at a bunch of Yōkai that can take a look right back at us. From fish with a face to a blister with a kisser, these jinmen will give you the jitters. Especially the fish, because they're real. (No seriously... there are videos.)

    * Unless you dine exclusively on McCain's Smiles.

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    41 mins
  • S5 Ep28: Loremen S5Ep29 - The Clutching Hands of Blakemere Pool, Peak District

    S5 Ep28: Loremen S5Ep29 - The Clutching Hands of Blakemere Pool, Peak District
    Apr 18 2024
    James lures Alasdair back down to the water's edge for an Important Mermaid Update! The Hayfield Mermaid first appeared in Series 2 (get up to speed here). Somehow, the Loreboys managed to overlook yet another freshwater mermaid in a nearby bottomless pool. And the grasping creature that dwells in the waters of Blakemere has a heck of a backstory.

    It's Hayfield Mermaids 2: Mere-lectric Mere-galoo!

    Disclaimer: some of this episode's "breaking news" is at least 40 years old.

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    35 mins
  • S5 Ep27: Loremen S5Ep27 - Leicester Fairies, Nuns, Ghosts and a Big Stone LIVE

    S5 Ep27: Loremen S5Ep27 - Leicester Fairies, Nuns, Ghosts and a Big Stone LIVE
    Apr 11 2024
    This year's live show at the Leicester Comedy festival was a delight. The lorefolk were in fine form and James rustled up a folkloric feast, including 'facts' from Geoffrey Hodson's 1925 book Fairies at Work and at Play.

    Sadly, fairy mischief meant that our recorder batteries died towards the end of the show, so the final portion of this episode has been reconstructed from a low-quality backup. You'll hardly notice! Unless you listen to the episode, in which case you'll definitely notice.

    Why not defy the fairy curse and join us for another live show? The Loreboys are going live again in Oxford on May 25th:

    https://oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/loremen-podccast/

    (We'll bring lots of spare AA batteries to this one, we promise.)

    This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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    44 mins
  • S5 Ep26: Loremen S5Ep26 - Huntigowk Day and the Loch Ness Hoax

    S5 Ep26: Loremen S5Ep26 - Huntigowk Day and the Loch Ness Hoax
    Apr 4 2024
    April is the time for fooling, especially in Scotland where the first of the month is Huntigowk Day: a day for tartan paint, long stands and other bootless errands. James and Alasdair (a pair of anti-prank killjoys) spent this April Fool's investigating Loch Ness, a body of water which has seen more than its share of hoaxes. But one monster prank from April 1st 1972 really takes the cake.

    Is that cake? Or is it an enormous, half-defrosted elephant seal? Find out when the Loreboys meet an English zoologist up to no good on the banks of Loch Ness.

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    44 mins
  • S5 Ep25: Loremen S5Ep25 - The Beast of Belper and the Surrey Puma with Long Cat Media

    S5 Ep25: Loremen S5Ep25 - The Beast of Belper and the Surrey Puma with Long Cat Media
    Mar 28 2024
    The cats from Long Cat Media came back! Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen (who are so award-nominated they seem to have gained another nomination since last week) return. And they bring with them a first-hand sighting of a cryptid. That's right, Laurence saw Derbyshire's elusive Beast of Belper.

    Meanwhile, James Shakeshaft has not been shake-shirking his research duties. He's on the trail of the Surrey Puma, and he's found photographic evidence that will blow you away (if you've never seen a picture of a normal cat before).

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    This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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    46 mins
  • S5 Ep24: Loremen S5Ep24 - Black Shuck with Long Cat Media

    S5 Ep24: Loremen S5Ep24 - Black Shuck with Long Cat Media
    Mar 21 2024
    The cats from Long Cat Media lure the Loreboys to the wild, wild east. Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen (the excessively award-nominated podcasters behind Mockey Manor and Magenta Presents) are on the trail of a hound with a thunderous bark and eyes like saucers. It's a terrifying beast that can turn even the bravest churchgoer into a quivering, crumpled crisp packet of a man...

    Yes, this episode brings the Loremen face-to-snout with East Anglia's infamous Black Shuck! And we welcome back Old Shuck's alter ego: the man-scrumpling dog of Bungay.

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    44 mins
  • S5 Ep23: Loremen S5Ep23 - The Black Dog of Devon and Dorset

    S5 Ep23: Loremen S5Ep23 - The Black Dog of Devon and Dorset
    Mar 14 2024
    [RECORD SCRATCH] I suppose you're wondering how we got here? Well, it all started when James told Alasdair the story of a spectral hound that dwells on the border of Devon and Dorset. (AKA In-Dorset and Next-Dorset.)

    A sighting of the black dog could be a bad omen, but it might just make you rich. (There is actually a third option, but that involves helium and a peculiarly shaped nozzle...)

    No dogs were inflated during the recording of this episode.

    Join us for another Loremen Live in Oxford on 25th May:
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    This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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    38 mins